Jayce's May In Review

By: jayce75 Mood: 1up (lucky) Date: 05/31/2008 00:16:04 Music: None

Here's where I stand with May :)

What Rocked:

Iron Man: Awesome action flick! I can't believe I'm saying this but Robert Downey Jr. was perfect for this role. We know the sequel in coming - and I'll be there!

Wii Fit: Yes it actually works and works very well. I actually feel guilty when I miss a day of working out and my wife uses it too. If you do the workouts right and don't try to cheat, you really do feel it. Another great one from Nintendo!

Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: Yes it had it's issues and the ending wasn't really my favorite part, but this movie delivered. It wasn't trying to be anything more than a great fun movie for the summer season and that's just what we got. I'm going to see this one again while the wife goes to see Sex and the City.

Guests for Memorial Day: My brother and sister-in-law stayed with us for a few days over the holiday weekend and we had a great time! He was stationed in Guam and this is the first time they've been back in the continental US for years. We took my sister-in-law to her first Major League Baseball game at Turner Field and they both enjoyed Six Flags. Also, Rock Band is the ULTIMATE party game on Live and in-person

Fry's Blu-Ray Haul: Sale on Blu-Rays 2 for $30 early in the month so I picked up Die Hard with a Vengence and I, Robot. I would have done the same thing at Best Buy Memorial Day weekend but see the What Didn't Rock section for more details on that one. 

PC LAN Parties Still Own: Two Saturdays in a row - over 9 hours each of almost non-stop multiplayer gaming with Starcraft, Ghost Recon, Battlefield 2, and Crysis - and entirely too much Mountain Dew.

The New 3 Doors Down Album: A very strong album but in my opinion not as good as Away From The Sun or Seventeen Days. Still it's great - check out Train, Citizen Soldier, Let Me Be Myself, Pages, and These Days.

What Didn't Rock - At All:

Unexpected Car Repairs: Yeouch - $400 in car repairs just after payday. Sometimes it's hard being a responsible adult. So no Singstar or partaking in the awesome Best Buy Blu-Ray sale the week before Memorial Day.

Haze: I gave it a chance even after the reviews. While I don't think that it deserved a 4.5 (a 6.0 maybe), it's definately not up to par with a lot of other games out there. The story just doesn't flow well at all and I have no intention or interest of finishing the campaign. Multiplayer is okay but seriously unbalanced. This game would have fared better about a year ago, but there's too much good stuff out there to spend time with this one. What the hell happened Free Radical?

The New Filter Album: I should have suspected they were going in a slightly different direction from the first single and I don't mind a band trying something new, but I think this one has established what doesn't work for them. Hopefully they won't take four years to release their next album...and it'll be better.

Higher Gas Prices: $110 to fill up the Jayce-Mobile as of the first of the month. If things keep going the way they are then I'll need to invest in Wii Pole Dancing just to be able to get to my regular job.